Christine Armer
Instructor
Copeland Hall 213
405-325-2312
carmer@ou.edu
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Lewis Borck
Assistant Professor
Horizon Endowed Chair of
Native American History and Culture
Copeland Hall 207
lsborck@ou.edu
Amanda Cobb-Greetham
Professor
Founding Director of the Native Nations Center
Copeland Hall 235/235A
405-325-2312
acobb@ou.edu
Clifton Cottrell
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Copeland Hall 208
cliftoncottrell@ou.edu
405-325-2312
Laura Harjo
Interim Chair
Associate Professor
Copeland Hall 240
405-325-2312
harjo@ou.edu
Raina Heaton
Assistant Professor
Assistant Curator
Native American Languages Collection - Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
NAS Internship Advisor
Copeland Hall 203
405-325-2312
rainaheaton@ou.edu
Kasey Jones-Matrona
Mellon Impact Postdoctoral Fellow
Copeland Hall 208
kc.jones-matrona@ou.edu
405-325-2312
Farina King
Associate Professor
Horizon Endowed Chair
of Native American Ecology and Culture
Copeland Hall, room 205
farinaking@ou.edu
405-325-2312
Warren Queton
Adjunct Instructor
queton@ou.edu
Dustin Tahmahkera
Associate Professor
Wick Cary Endowed Chair
of Native American Cultural Studies
NAS Gradaute Liaison and Graduate Advisor
NAS Practicum Advisor
Copeland Hall 237
405-325-2312
numu@ou.edu
Katie Bayliss
(Absentee Shawnee)
Administrative and Financial Coordinator
405-325-2312
kbayliss@ou.edu
Marwin Begaye
Associate Professor of Printmaking and Painting
Brian Burkhart
Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Lisa Byers
Associate Professor of Social Work
Taiawagi Helton
Professor of Law
Lori Jervis
Professor of Anthropology
Carol Rose Little
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Kimberly Marshall
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Amanda Minks
Associate Professor, Honors College
Joshua Nelson
Associate Professor of English
Alexander Pearl
Professor of Law
Paul Spicer
Professor of Anthropology
Traci Voyles
Associate Professor and Chair
of Women's and Gender Studies
Kim Wieser
Associate Professor of English
Kelvin White
Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of SLIS
Matthew Garcia
Graduate Teaching Assistant
matthewgarcia@ou.edu
Sarena Gray
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sarena.M.Gray-1@ou.edu
Karlie Ryal
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Karlie.C.Ryal-1@ou.edu
Rebecca Yacyszyn
Graduate Teaching Assistant
rebecca.yacyszyn-1@ou.edu
Tyson Putthoff
Undergraduate Advisor
Dale Hall Tower 212
405-325-7853
tyson@ou.edu
Dustin Tahmahkera
Associate Professor
Wick Cary Endowed Chair
of Native American Cultural Studies
NAS Graduate Liaison and Graduate Advisor
NAS Practicum Advisor
Copeland Hall 237
numu@ou.edu
Raina Heaton
Assistant Professor
Assistant Curator
Native American Languages Collection - Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
NAS Internship Advisor
Copeland Hall 203
rainaheaton@ou.edu
Amanda Cobb-Greetham
Professor of NAS
NAS Mellon Impact Fellowship Program
Coordinator and Advisor
Taylor Broadbent
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
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Maeci Crotts
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
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Kianna Hamilton
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
Rayle Heinzig
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
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Lexie McIntosh
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
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Hope Reeves
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
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Asa (Ace) Samuels
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
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Savannah Slayton
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023
Taryn Evans
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022
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Clara Sue Kidwell
Professor Emeritus
Melanie Frye
(Muscogee Creek Nation)
B.A., Native American Studies 2007
Melanie Frye is an almnus, current student, and active faculty member in Native American Studies.
Melanie earned her bachelor's degree in 2007 from The University of Oklahoma in Anthropology with a double major in Native American Studies.
She is currently in her last semester of graduate work in NAS with a focus on Language, History and Cultural Knowledge.
She also serves the department as an instructor of Creek language.
Her passion is working toward the revitalization and perpetuation of the Mvskoke (Creek/Seminole) language. In doing so, she feels that she is honoring her late father, Johnny Frye, late uncle, George Bunny Jr., and her late mentor, Margaret McKane Mauldin.
Melanie attended NCAIS (Newberry Consortium of American Indian and Indigenous Studies) Summer Institute in Chicago, IL during the summer of 2019. There, she attended classes and participated in research on language revitiliztation.
Melanie will discuss her personal journey of learning and teaching her language as part of the OU Native Nations Center series "Language As Personal Journey" on January 22nd, 2020.
Melanie recently received the good news that her abstract was accepted and that she'll be presenting at the NCAIS 2020 Graduate Student Conference in February 2020.
Corey Still
(United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma)
Class of 2013
Corey Still taught Cherokee language for the Native American Studies department from 2016 - 2019. He now serves now as Director of Scholarship Operations for American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
David Gover
(Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma/Choctaw Nation)
Class of 1997
David Gover practices Indian law as a staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado
Candessa Teehee
(Cherokee Nation)
Class of 2000
Tehee serves her tribe as the Director of the Cherokee Heritage Center and Museum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Bird Runningwater
(Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache Tribe)
Class of 1994
Based in Los Angeles, Bird Runningwater serves as the Director of Sundance Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program.
